Trying to locate a setting about size of windows in xfce

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Hi,

I know I have seen this setting before, but I can’t find it again.
Perhaps somebody remembers.

When I move a window about the top of the display, it suddenly fills the
entire width of the display. If I continue moving it, it goes back to
its original size.

I know I have seen a setting in XFCE that enables/disables it - but I
don’t remember where and can’t find it again, or I don’t recognize the
name of the setting.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

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> I know I have seen a setting in XFCE that enables/disables it

does XFCE have desktop effects? i ask because i recall when i first
moved to KDE4 the default was to mimic the way win7 flashed the
moving window to full screen if you bumped it to the screen’s top…

it annoyed me and as i recall i had to kill something in desktop
effects to turn it off…but i looked in the effects setup and find
nothing…

you cold try turning off all effects and see if that ‘feature’ goes
away…and if it does then turn off each one, one at a time until . . .

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dd

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On 2013-05-27 07:32, dd wrote:
>> I know I have seen a setting in XFCE that enables/disables it
>
> does XFCE have desktop effects? i ask because i recall when i first
> moved to KDE4 the default was to mimic the way win7 flashed the moving
> window to full screen if you bumped it to the screen’s top…

It does, compiz, but they are disabled completely, I can’t work with
them on. In fact, I have never tried them in XFCE, AFAIR.

It is not one of those, it is a separate feature. I have seen a tick box
for it, somewhere, months ago, but now I can’t find it.

I’ll look again right now.

Desktop… no.
Desktop effects… disabled.
Panel… no.
Session and Startup… no.
Settings editor… dunno.
Window manager… no. But close.
Window manager tweaks… No, but could be here…

I can’t find it.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

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Window manager tweaks- accessibility, could be the one you are looking for.

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Not familiar with XFCE, but I’m curious as to what window manager is in use. (That will obviously impact on the behaviour described). I’ve seen references to xfwm4

Window Manager [Xfce Docs]
howto:xfwm4_theme [Xfce Wiki]

as well as the older xfwm window manager

My way to Arch - XFCE Window Manager

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On 2013-05-28 02:06, conram wrote:

> Window manager tweaks- accessibility, could be the one you are looking
> for.

You are right. The setting is named “Restore original size of maximized
windows when moving”, which automatically disables “Automatically tile
windows when moving toward the screen edge”. It is actually the second
one which matters.

Wow, how can that phrase matches the behaviour I see? They are not
tiled, they are maximized horizontally (not vertically) as soon as the
window touches the top border and moves a bit right or left, pushing to
the top. ZAP! Maximum horizontal size.

The nuisance is because I keep several small windows near the top, and I
can’t move them left-right easily.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

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That setting is really confusing. Before, I take that word ‘accessibility’ as a setting for some who have something like of a vision problem.

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On 2013-05-28 16:36, conram wrote:
>
> That setting is really confusing. Before, I take that word
> ‘accessibility’ as a setting for some who have something like of a
> vision problem.

Yes, me too. Sight, but also hands. Heh, sometimes moving the mouse can
be tiring. I have a trackball, and my thumb is a bit… sore?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)